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Writing & Linguistics News, Georgia Southern University

Writing & Linguistics News (2012-2022)

• 2015 Brannen Creative Writing Award winners announced

On The Polysemy Of The Lithuanian Už. A Cognitive Perspective, Inesa Šeškauskienė, Eglė Žilinskaitė-Šinkūnienė

Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication

Adhering to the principle of motivated polysemy, this paper sets out to demonstrate how the principle works in interpreting numerous senses of the Lithuanian preposition už ‘behind, beyond’. The present investigation relies on the cognitive linguistic framework employed, first of all, by Lakoff (1987), Langacker (1987), Talmy (2000), Tyler and Evans (2003), and Tyler (2012), who mainly worked on English, and such linguists as Tabakowska (2003, 2010) and Shakhova and Tyler (2010), who attempted to investigate inflecting languages, such as Polish and Russian. Based on such semantic principles as types of Figure and Ground, their relationship (geometric, functional, etc.), …

Editors’ Introduction, Michael Glanzberg, Jurģis Šķilters

Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication

Spatial cognition can be considered as a set of foundational and central cognitive abilities that enable a variety of conceptual processes, both non-verbal and verbal. Further, according to recent research, spatial thinking seems to be critical in the development of abstract knowledge and in the processes of abstraction. Although there is a consensus regarding the role and impact of spatial cognition, there are a number of different, divergent, and sometimes even discrepant theoretical and methodological perspectives in the study of spatial cognition.

Multiculturalism In Secondary Schools – A Linguistic, Socio-Political & Pedagogic Perspective, Maria Kenneally

The ITB Journal

As a modern foreign language lecturer I am fascinated by issues of language, culture and identity. To an extent my interest is compounded by the belief that we Irish are bilingual, English and Gaeilge, - a rich language with a strong oral tradition that has been an integral part of Irish identity. In September 1996 I began work as a secondary teacher in an inner city London school with a high proportion of multilingual and multicultural students. My observations and interactions with pupils at Plumstead Manor proved part of a journey of selfanalysis and self-discovery, and fortified my belief that …

Nonstandard Languages: The Outcasts Of The Language Revitalization Movement, Whitney Snowden

Senior Honors Theses

This thesis compares the failures of the creolization movement with the success of the language revitalization movement and seeks to determine which elements are missing from the former to make it as successful as the latter. Education policy, identity, and language ideology are all examined as contributors to the future success of creole inclusivity in education and society, as well as the potential benefits such a movement would include. Specifically examined are Siegel’s research on creole education and Armstrong’s work on language ideology.

Writing & Linguistics News, Georgia Southern University

Writing & Linguistics News (2012-2022)

• Recent student & alumni news

The Nautonym Story Continues, . Anil, Jeff Grant

Word Ways

Nautonyms are words pronounced but not spelt tautologically, like RETREAT. Susan's challenge prompted us to reexamine all 32 nautonym candidates proffered by her and us and Dave Morice, plus two dozen new ones.

Colloquy

Word Ways

A collection of responses to previously published articles.

Fun With Nautonyms, . Anil

Word Ways

Here's an alphabet of coined phrase nautonyms that mostly avoids paired homophones (but not silliness).

Gifts From An Homonymous Benefactor, Don Hauptman

Word Ways

No abstract provided.

On Building Words Out Of Trigrams, A. Ross Eckler

Word Ways

Some thoughts on creating words out of Trigrams.

Antigram Quiz 1, . Anil

Word Ways

This is like an anagram quiz except the anagrams or polyanagrams are in some sense opposites, complements, or mutually exclusive.

Alphametics, Steven Kahan

Word Ways

A mathematical game.

Geographical Palindrome Contest, David Morice

Word Ways

The winners and entries from the August 2014 Word Ways Geographic Palindrome Contest.

*Please note page numbers are not accurate in this .pdf which has been edited to correct the order of pages in the print edition.

Dvorak And Colemak Keyboards, Darryl Francis

Word Ways

A previous article investigate typable words from the various rows of keys on the AZERTY and QWERTZ keyboards. In this article, I look at the layouts of the DVORAK and COLEMAK keyboards.

The Twelve Days Of Christmas, Susan Thorpe

Word Ways

Mathematical equations for the twelve days of Christmas.

Alphabet Poems, Jon Bannon

Word Ways

A collection of poems.

The Arringtons, Jeff Grant

Word Ways

How many surnames end in -ARRINGTON? Here is an attempt to compile an initial alphabetic insertion, made up of names starting with every letter from A to Z.

Playful Poems, Ray Love

Word Ways

A collection of poems.

Crossdrome 07, John Falcone

Word Ways

A crossword puzzle.

Now My Fifty ++ Great New Isograms, Darryl Francis

Word Ways

Over the years, Word Ways has identified many of the longest isograms, words and names which use no repeated letters. Here are some new entries.

Crossdrone 08, John Falcone

Word Ways

A crossword puzzle.

Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 48, Number 4

Word Ways

Front cover and publication information for this issue, including the table of contents.

Making Ends Meet, Will Shortz

Word Ways

These are the author's favorite entries in a creative writing competition he conducted. The object was to compose a sentence of exactly 10 words, each ending in the same letter of the alphabet.

Azerty And Qwertz Keyboards, Darryl Francis

Word Ways

Previous editions of Word Ways have identified the longest words and names which can be typed on each of the individual rows of a standard QWERTY keyboard. But how do things change when using other keyboard layouts? Here I'll examine two alternative keyboard layouts - the AZERTY and QWERTZ keyboards.

Singular Consonant Trios -1, Steve Kahan

Word Ways

Can you form 8 letter words by adding vowels to these consonant trios?

Kickshaws, David Morice

Word Ways

A collection of linguistic kickshaws.

Animal Or Plant?, Jeff Grant

Word Ways

Identify the names in this palindromic list as an animal or plant.

Secondhand Rows

Word Ways

Classified advertising for current subscribers.

Answers And Solutions

Word Ways

Answers and solutions to the puzzles and games in this issue.